pelnas

Per Vasmer, from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *pl̥n-.

Cognate with Latvian pèļņa (“gain, profit”), pelnīt (“to profit”), Proto-Slavic *pelnъ (“loot”). Likely related to Proto-Germanic *falaz (“for sale”). Unclear if related to Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “I sell”).

pel̃nas m (plural pelnaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. (economics) profit, gain (revenue minus expenditures)

   Coordinate terms: uždarbis (“earnings”), pajamos (“revenue”)

   Antonym: nuostolis (“loss”)

2. benefit

   Synonym: nauda

• “pelnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
• “pelnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• pelnas in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
• Derksen, Rick (2015), “pelnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 350